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Poetry Presentation templates

Poetry is one of the most beautiful ways to share our feelings with the world it's a means to express yourself creatively, spread deep ideas and concepts, and put your thoughts into words. are you a potential poet and have been waiting for the opportunity to share your work with the world then this selection of templates is going to delight you you'll find designs for poetry workshops, classes of all educational levels, or activities to improve poem comprehension..

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Understanding Poetry

Structure of Poetry

Poetry is usually arranged in lines .

A group of lines is called a stanza .

I heard them tell the story

of the man who couldn’t see—

Blind from birth he lived each day

striving to be free.

Free from the chains of prejudice—

from the hateful words of sight—

He judged each man on character,

on doing what was right.

In life he found the beauty

of a love one cannot see.

His life was full of riches—

He’s seen more than you or me.

Notice that there is space between the stanzas. This is how you can tell where one stanza ends and the next begins.

In this poem, each stanza has 4 lines.

Poems may have a regular rhyme , which is the repetition of similar sounds.

A rhyme scheme is the pattern formed by end rhymes .

of the man who couldn’t see —

striving to be free .

Free from the chains of prejudice —

from the hateful words of sight —

He judged each man on character ,

on doing what was right .

of a love one cannot see .

His life was full of riches —

He’s seen more than you or me .

Notice that in this poem, every other line rhymes.

We label the rhyme scheme by using different letters to represent sounds.

In a stanza, the first line is always labeled “A.”

If the second line doesn’t rhyme with the first, it is labeled “B.”

When a line DOES rhyme, it receives the same label it received the first time.

I heard them tell the story story = A

of the man who couldn’t see— see = B

Blind from birth he lived each day day = C

striving to be free. free = B

Story is labeled “A.” Since see doesn’t rhyme with story , it is labeled “B.” Day doesn’t rhyme with story or see , so it is labeled “C.” Free rhymes with see , so we give it the same label: “B.”

The rhyme scheme for this poem is ABCB . This means that the 2 nd and 4 th lines of every stanza will rhyme.

Not all poems rhyme! In fact, MANY of them do not rhyme. This is called “free verse” poetry.

• Poetry that has no fixed pattern of meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza arrangement
• Traditional rules are ignored
• Techniques such as repetition and alliteration are sometimes used to create musical patterns

Definition adapted from Glencoe Texas Treasures , Literary Terms Handbook, p. R4

Free Verse:

A gentle rain bathes the windshield—

Back and forth the wiper blades mark the minutes

with their steady, hypnotic rhythm.

Whispers and giggles and squeals of delight

fill every empty space in the backseat

as the white and yellow lines zoom by.

A screech of tires grabbing the roadway.

A world upside down.

Metal ripping.

A gentle rain bathes the broken windshield—

Back and forth the wiper blades mark the minutes with their steady, hypnotic rhythm.

How would this poem change if the writer had

Made all the lines rhyme? Is free verse a good choice for this poem? Why or why not?

Graphical Elements in Poetry

• Poets have the power to create meaning with words and form. We know that figurative language such as similes, metaphors, and hyperbole help relay meaning. Did you know that poets also create meaning with capitalization , line length , and word position ?

Capitalization

Poetry does not always follow the normal capitalization rules. In most poems, you will see that first letter of each line is capitalized whether or not it starts a new sentence. However, some poems do not do this, and in general, this is not what we are talking about when we look at the effect of capitalization on poetry.

What you want to look for in poetry are words that break the normal capitalization rules—words capitalized when they normally wouldn’t be or words not capitalized when they normally would be.

Mama dropped me off at school everyday.

The swings, the slides, the sandbox—

Stuffed animals pouring out of every bin.

But that was last year.

Now the yellow bus takes me to School everyday.

The books, the desks, the chairs—

Red ink spilling out over my papers.

I miss being little.

What word uses capitalization to grab your attention?

How might capitalizing this word affect the meaning?

Line Length

In free verse poems, line length can be used as a graphical element to affect the meaning, reinforce the meaning, or enhance the meaning.

When you read poetry, consider how the length of the lines might be important. Look for lines that are longer or shorter than most other lines.

Why does the length of these 3 lines grab the reader’s attention?

Compare these lines to the ones before and after them. How might the line length enhance the meaning?

Word Position

• Word position can be used to show the relationships between the words and ideas.
• Look for words that stand out because they…
• Change positions
• Are placed by themselves
• Create images because they form shapes
• Another way that poets use word position in a poem is to separate key words for emphasis or to make a point.

Look at this poem again.

Now look at it again on the next slide with one change in spacing.

How does it affect the meaning if we add extra space before “Silence”?

Does it change any more if we move it to the middle? Why or why not?

Same words. Different word positions. How would this affect the meaning? What would it focus you on?

As you read poetry, look for graphical elements such as capitalization, line length, and word position. These elements can help you to interpret the meaning.

Imagery, Figurative Language, and Sound Effects

Poets use imagery , or language that appeals to the senses, to help readers visualize what they read. It

creates the picture in the reader’s mind.

Sight imagery:

Hundreds of tiny yellow blossoms dotted the plush green meadow.

Sound imagery:

Horns honked and sirens screamed across the night.

Smell imagery:

The scent of cinnamon apples wafted through the air.

Taste imagery:

Tart cherries puckered my mouth as the sweet crust melted against my tongue.

Touch imagery:

Splintered boards scraped my legs, pricking the soft skin.

Figurative Language

Figurative language communicates ideas beyond the literal meanings of words.

• A simile uses like or as to compare seemingly unlike things.
• A metaphor implies the comparison instead of directly stating it.
• Hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration.
• Poets use personification to write about an idea, an object, or an animal as if it were human.
• An idiom is an expression whose meanings cannot be understood by simply joining the meanings of the words.

Simile and Metaphor

My brain is like a cluttered garage. (simile)

My brain is a cluttered garage . (metaphor)

How does this comparison of my brain to a cluttered garage help you to understand what the writer is saying?

How does this image

help you to understand

what is going on in

Personification

The wind danced through the meadow.

My friend’s unkind words punched me in the gut.

How do these action words help you to better understand what the writer is saying?

I’ve told you a million times to stop talking.

I’m so hungry I could eat a horse .

How does this exaggeration help you to understand what the writer is trying to say?

Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• M oses let the m otor run for a m oment.

Sometimes this alliteration adds meaning by reinforcing a sound.

What might the “mmmm… mmmm… mmmm” sound represent in the sentence above?

Assonance is the repetition of the same vowel sound.

• Thr ee sh ee p bl ea t in the dark night.
• (long e sound)

What sound might the long “e” sound be imitating?

Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of non-rhyming words or syllables.

• All ma mm als na m ed Sa m are cla mm y.

A writer may use alliteration, assonance, or consonance to reinforce meaning, to enhance the meaning, or simply to draw attention to particular words in a poem.

As you read poetry, look for elements such as imagery, figurative language, and sound effects. These elements can help you to interpret the meaning the author intends to convey.